Propelling mechanism.



J. E. FIALA. PBPBLLNG MCEANISI.

nrmonlon nun JUL! za. woo.

Patented 0015.5, 1909.

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I. R. FIALA. PBOPELLING XEGHANISI nruouxon mnn :nu sa. 19091 Patentedoct. 5, 1909.

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JFEZZ@ JOSEPH n. MALA, or ouml, NEBRASKA.

PBOPELLING MECHANISM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' i Patented Oct. 5,

Appliciation tiled July 23. 1909, Serial No. 509,217.

To, "Il "whom it may roncfrn:

le ii known that l. Josnrit R. l"i.\i..\. :i

` citi/.en ol' 'the l'nitethintes. residing :it

Unnihn. iii the eoiiiily ot' Douglas :ind `*inte l oll Xelo-mslm.lizii'e invented :i new :ind iiseftil Al'i'opelliii'g' .\lrrhzinisni::ind ldo herrl deehire the following to he :i tiill. elenr. :ind

exziet deseripiion ot' the invention. snrh :is

it :ippertziins to iinilte :ind iise the sinne.

'l`he nnezition -i'elnies to propellersndzipted Vespeeinll'i' l'oi thepurpose ot' inrreaising the .speed ol' Vessels, on whit-li it is used.

With these :ind other ohjerts in View the roihodied in the eoustruetionhereinafter .-ei l'orth. :ind particularly pointed ont in the appendedflziiins.

ln the drawings: liigiire 1 is n plnn view tion :ipplieil thereto. Fig.is :l side View ot' the driving nieelninisni showing one side nl' thet-:isiug renioied. perspet-tire view sliowingilie mounting of llwpropeller simil. view through the siiiieerslniped sog-wheel. Fig. is :ilongitudinal seetionzil view through the propeller shzit't. :ind theens- 'tng in which it i5 iii'niiited. l"ig..(i is :i trainszrsoseetieinil View throiigh one of the proi'ieller hhides showing thellzinge .irraitiged :it :ni ohtnse :ingle with the sainte.. Fig. T is :iperspective view ot' the tongue 3 and the opening l-.

el'et'ring to the drawings 1 :ind 2 desig initrthe two side nienihers`of the casing in whirh the driving nieehzinisni of the ropeller ismounted. Ihe raising 1 is'provided with :i tongue 3 whirh overlaps theeasing .2 :ind passes through :in opening 4 in the overlapping portion:'i of the easing 2. ily this :ii'i-:ingeineiit the two membersconStitnting the. easing :ire held tr'mly in engagement with eiichother.

The inner ends ot `the easing are connected together hy upperA :indlowerbolts 6 which pierre hoth of the nienilwrs. Mounted on the ywillennhle others .skilled in the iirt to whirh "ig, -lis n sertionnl' :inengine or other siiitiihle. .source of power extends through' the easingl :isnt S. Mounted-on the sziiil'drive shzift is cog-wheel il wliiehoperates :i sinziller eng-wheel 10. Tli.:

lwheel lil is keyed to the sanne shaft, with .1

hirger wheel ll, 'which in tiirii operator-n snnill eng-wheel l2. ll`hewheel. l2 ciu-rieb 11 larger eng-wheel 13. 'lhe wheel l?, engages :isinzill eng-heel ll.'whirh wheel ll cm'- ries u sauver-shaped wheel t5.l`h saucer p shziped wheel l engages :i snnill wheel 16v propellershzit't li'. j is mounted in :i vraising tn which easing is inventionronsists ol' i'eitziin novel tentures ot' :i portion ot :i vesselshowing in v im'enholtsl t' :ind :ii'rziiiged liet-weon tlietwonienihers l :ind 2 :ire eolhirs 7 whifh tire designed f to hohl theniemhers :it the proper distzinife from eneli other :is will he reiidilyunderstood. i'

whit-h is nionnted on the inner end of the The propeller shaft 17serio-ed to member l.

'llie inner end ot' the propeller shaft is mounted in :in slniped tonguel' which tongue. is foi-ined integrally with the member l ot' theeasing.

The outer end of the propeller Shaft. is provided with sheet 'niet :ilpropellers 2C whieh :ire formed integrallyY with euch other :ind :ireeut-ved in opposite directions.

The pi'opellers 2t) :ii-5 provided with flanges 21 :wronged :it oht'nse:ingles wit-h sziid ,pitiiielleis, :is eletti-ly shown in Fig. 6 of thedriiii'ings. 'l'hese llnnges :ire designed to enable the propellers toint-.reuse their )ower in propelling the vessel, thus inerensing thespeed of the vessel.

This propeller is designed to be, used 0n vessels or boats of :illtypeszind itwill he seen that said propeller is iidzipte'd to the use oftiny size bont.

What is claimed is:-v

1. In :i propelling ineehnnisrn, the vcombination of easing nieinhersoverlapping each other iitone end, the overlapping portion 0f tongueformed integrally with the, opposite raising ineniher :ind :idupted toengfige sai opening whereinv thrl two easing members :ire rigidlyeonneeted together, the cnsin ineinher l heilig provided with :in L-shntio one easing ineniher having sinv opening, a

inwardly projeeting tongue, :i prope ler*y shaft mounted on sziidtongue, ineains for :ietnnting said propeller shiift, Said shaft haringpropellers mounted ony its outer end.

2. In :i propelling nieehunism, casing' inenihers rigidly eonneeted withezieh other,

:in outwardlyv )ro ertiii'r tnliiilzir eiisin ri l idly eonneeted withone of sfiid inenibersga The umili drive shaft rwhieh is enmigial hyprolwller slnit't inoiiiitetl iii said tubular cagin said last namedmember being also pro name to this specication in the presence of vi edwith an inwardly projecting L-shxped two subscribing witnesses. ton rcadn ted to receive the inner en of Y JOSEPH R FIALA Siri' prope lershaft means for actuatt said Propeller shaft and Propellers mounWitnesses:

on sind shaft. JOSEPH F. KUDLAO,

In testimony whereof I have signed x'ny FR. J. 17mm-

